This is among the first reported judgments involving emotional abuse since it's recognised as violence under the law. Read ...

Coercive and controlling behaviour is a feature of domestic abuse and gender-based violence, issues that have risen to the top of the social work agenda during the Covid-19 pandemic. Lockdowns and ...

The programme highlights Project Foundation that sees Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary work with domestic abuse charity Hampton Trust.

Richa Raval's life was torn apart by coercive control. Here, 10 years on from it becoming an official offence, she bravely ...

A campaigner and survivor of domestic abuse has issued a checklist of signs to help identify somebody who is experiencing coercive control. Samantha Billingham, founder of UK-based organisation ...

In an intimate relationship, the harmful effects of coercive abuse can often be missed by those enduring—it as well as their therapists. Unlike physical violence which is criminalized with laws and ...

A bill in the state house would amend South Carolina law to create a new criminal offense, known as “coercive control,” while ...

An Oxfordshire man from Didcot will be sentenced in the new year after pleading guilty to controlling and coercive behaviour.

Coercive control would be outlawed, with jail terms of up to seven years, under a bold Coalition plan to tackle the scourge of domestic violence.

A former police officer has denied two counts of engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour. Daniel Boulter, 49, pleaded ...

A Devon and Cornwall Police officer has pleaded not guilty to a charge of coercive and controlling behaviour. PC Alan Bates, ...